Economic parity tops African-American agenda 50 years after March on Washington

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 50 years ago.

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Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, speaks to reporters at the Redeem the Dream conference in Washington, D.C. Also pictured is Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.

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Rev. Al Sharpton, shown here at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, will be marching Saturday to "turn up the heat" on issues important to African-Americans.